(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) With wildfire smoke coming from eastern Canada, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for the entire state, prompting event cancelations across the Erie community. Here is a list of canceled events for Wednesday: If you have a canceled event due to the wildfire smoke, […]
2020 Best of Erie Winners and Finalists Your favorite people, places, and things in the Erie area by Erie Reader Staff
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Given the historic challenge of 2020, few could be blamed for not being at their best. In the context of COVID-19, sometimes doing your best was just hanging in there. But to transcend all that, to continue to be a superlative asset to this city and this community despite all those trials and tribulations? That deserves recognition and celebration sometimes in ways previously unthought
Your 2020 Best of Erie winners reflect this. With categories such as Culture & Nightlife and Food & Drink disproportionately affected by the pandemic, new subcategories were created while others have gone on temporary hiatus. Before 2020 could you have imagined voting for Erie s Best Alcoholic Slushie (Altered State Distillery) while live-streaming an award-winning Erie Playhouse